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Saudi King aims for new Sunni bloc vs Iran, ISSaudi Arabia is pushing for Sunni Muslim Middle East countries to set aside differences over political Islam and focus on what it sees as more urgent threats from Iran and Islamic State. Its new monarch, King Salman, has used summ More… |
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Influential cleric calls for Sunni-Shi'ite talks in IraqAn influential Sunni Muslim cleric said on Monday that only dialogue could solve Iraq's crisis, sounding a conciliatory note on the threat posed by Sunni Islamist insurgents that could further polarise the Middle East along sectarian lines. More… |
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Yemen seals truce with Shi'ite rebelsYemen's defence ministry and Shi'ite rebels have agreed to a ceasefire after clashes which have shaken the capital Sanaa and its outskirts, the country's official 26 September newspaper said. Since the breakdown last w More… |
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Iran 'supplying arms to Shi'ite opposition'Seventeen US intelligence agencies have confirmed to Congress that Iran is supplying weapons to Bahrain's opposition. They claim that such action could ignite sectarian havoc in the region, said a report in the Gulf Daily News More… |
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Scores killed in Iraq bloodshedSuicide bombers and gunmen killed scores of people in Iraq on Monday in attacks mostly targeting Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims and official buildings ahead of a major Shi'ite ritual next week. Al Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim milita More… |
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14 Alawites killed by bomb in central SyriaA roadside bomb killed at least 14 members of President Bashar Al-Assad's minority Alawite on Thursday in the central Syrian province of Homs, an opposition monitoring group said. The blast targeted two buses near the Alawite More… |
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Bomb attacks kill 71 in Baghdad and suburbsAt least 71 people were killed and 201 wounded in a series of bombings and other attacks across Baghdad on Wednesday, police and medical sources said, extending the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed in Iraq for at least five years. More… |
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Wave of car bombings kills 60 in IraqTwelve car bombs exploded across Iraq early on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas, police and medical sources said. At least 10 people were killed when two car bombs blew up near a bus station in More… |
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Iraqi MPs block Maliki from third termIraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday intended to block Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki from a third term, as the Shi'ite premier faced growing pressure from mass Sunni street protests. Lawmakers from Sunni, Kurdish and More… |
